The Cherokee Kid 1996  PG-13, 90 min.
Genre: Western / Comedy
Director: Paris Barclay
Cast: Sinbad, James Coburn, Gregory Hines, A Martinez, Ernie Hudson, Mark Pellegrino, Burt Reynolds, Vanessa Bell Calloway, Hal Williams, Obba Babatunde, Dawnn Lewis, Lorraine Toussaint
After the dastardly Cyrus (James Coburn) ruined his family by grabbing their land, young Isaiah (Sinbad) vowed revenge after he learned the lessons of life and gunfighting. Later, having accomplished that, he is now ready for the showdown.
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The Escape Artist 1982  PG, 96 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Caleb Deschanel
Cast: Raul Julia, Griffin O'Neal, Desi Arnaz, Teri Garr, Joan Hackett, Gabriel Dell, M. Emmet Walsh, Jackie Coogan, Huntz Hall, David Clennon, John P. Ryan, Elizabeth Daily, Hal Williams, Helen Page Camp, Harry Caesar
Based on David Wagoner's novel, this story involves young magician Danny Masters (Griffin O'Neal) who is always getting in trouble. Danny steals the wallet of Stu Quinones (Raul Julia) who just happens to be the son of corrupt Mayor Leon Quinones (Desi Arnaz). Danny finds that the wallet is filled with graft money, and this time, he finds himself in over his head and suffers the consequences.
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 Guess Who 2005 PG-13, 95 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Kevin Rodney Sullivan
Cast: Bernie Mac, Ashton Kutcher, Zoe Saldana, Judith Scott, Hal Williams, Kellee Stewart, Robert Curtis Brown, RonReaco Lee, Paula Newsome, Phil Reeves, Nicole Sullivan, Jessica Cauffiel
In this remake of "Guess Who's Coming to Dinner" (1967), Marilyn (Judith Scott) and Percy (Bernie Mac) are celebrating their 25th wedding anniversary. Their daughter, Theresa (Zoe Saldana), and her live-in boyfriend, Simon (Ashton Kutcher), arrive for the weekend. As protective Black parents, Percy and Marilyn are shocked when they discover that Simon is a White male, and, to make matters worse, Percy suspects that Simon is lying about something. A relaxing weekend is not in the cards.
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 The Rookie 1990 R, 121 min.
Genre: Action / Comedy / Thriller
Director: Clint Eastwood
Cast: Clint Eastwood, Charlie Sheen, Raul Julia, Sonia Braga, Tom Skerritt, Lara Flynn Boyle, Pepe Serna, Mara Corday, Marco Rodriguez, Pete Randall, Donna Mitchell, Xander Berkeley, Tony Plana, David Sherrill, Hal Williams
David Ackerman (Charlie Sheen) is the rookie assigned to tough cop Nick Pulovski (Clint Eastwood) as the replacement for Pulovski's slain partner. Even though he has been taken off the case, Pulovski is determined to avenge the dead partner's murder and is not going to let the German murderers Strom (Raul Julia) and Liesl (Sonia Braga) go free. He enlists Ackerman's help even though Ackerman has issues of his own including an unhappy girlfriend Sarah (Lara Flynn Boyle) and his estranged father Eugene (Tom Skerritt). Finally, when Pulovski is kidnapped by the murderers, it falls on Ackerman to solve the case and rescue his partner.
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Sidekicks 1974 TV, 75 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Burt Kennedy
Cast: Larry Hagman, Louis Gossett Jr., Blythe Danner, Jack Elam, Harry Morgan, Hal Williams, Gene Evans, Noah Beery Jr., Denver Pyle, John Beck
Quince (Larry Hagman) and Jason (Louis Gossett Jr.) are inept con men out West in the Civil War era. They are bounty hunters also working a scam in which Quince continuously sells Jason as a slave. OK fun, but the TV pilot didn't generate a series.
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The West Side Waltz 1995 TV, 100 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Ernest Thompson
Cast: Shirley MacLaine, Liza Minnelli, Jennifer Grey, Kathy Bates, Ernest Thompson, Robert Pastorelli, Richard Gilliland, August Schellenberg, Hal Williams, Estelle Harris
Based on Ernest Thompson's 1981 Broadway play, Thompson now directs this film with Shirley MacLaine and Liza Minnelli in the Katharine Hepburn and Dorothy Loudon roles of aging Manhattan neighbors.
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| 1. The Cherokee Kid (1996)
2. The Escape Artist (1982)
3. Guess Who (2005)
4. The Rookie (1990)
5. Sidekicks (1974)
6. The West Side Waltz (1995)
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